AN APPROACH TO RECONCILING COMPETING ETHICAL PRINCIPLES INAGGREGATING HETEROGENEOUS HEALTH PREFERENCES

摘要

BackgroundHealth-related quality of life (HRQL) scores are used extensively to quantify the effectiveness of medical interventions. Societal preference-based HRQL scores aim to produce societal valuations of health by aggregating valuations from individuals in the general population, where each aggregation procedure embodies different ethical principles, as explained in social choice theory.